Importance of clinical educators to research use and suggestions for better efficiency and effectiveness: results of a cross-sectional survey of care aides in Canadian long-term care facilities

BMJ Open
T K T LoCarole A Estabrooks

Abstract

This study explored the effect of clinical educators as facilitators of research use and how it may be modified by organisational context in the settings. Cross-sectional observational study. A representative sample of 91 residential long-term care (LTC) facilities across Western Canada. We used surveys to collect data from the frontline care aides and information about the organisational context of the care units. We assessed research use (the outcome) with the Conceptual Research Utilization (CRU) scale. Explanatory variables in the multiple regression analysis were facilitation, organisational context and the interaction terms. Facilitation was measured by the frequency of contacts between care aides and clinical educator or person who brings new ideas about resident care. Three core organisational context variables were measured using the Alberta Context Tool. We included data of 3873 care aides from 294 care units in the LTC facilities. We found significant associations between CRU and facilitation, leadership, culture and evaluation. Interactions of facilitation x leadership and facilitation x culture were negative. The coefficient of the facilitation x evaluation term in the regression model was positive (0.019, 95% CI 0...Continue Reading

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